We Are Eating Large Wild Animals into Extinction
Much of the planet’s megafauna is being driven extinct because of the usual causes: habitat loss and rampant poaching for body parts like horns, bones and tusks. But there is another reason large vertebrates are going extinct: people keep on…
Oil Spill From Shipwreck Threatens Solomon Islands’ World Heritage Site
The Solomon Islands prime minister has asked Australia for emergency help cleaning up an environmental disaster after oil spilled from a bulk carrier that ran aground on a coral reef near a world heritage area. The MV Solomon Trader had…
VW’s First EV ‘Will Be Carbon Neutral Throughout Entire Lifecycle’
Volkswagen says its new electric car will be carbon neutral through its entire lifecycle if recharged with renewable energy. The German car manufacturer says the ID.’s supply chain, manufacturing processes and charging infrastructure will all be sustainable – the energy…
IKEA Buys 25% Stake in German Offshore Wind Farm
Ingka Group, a company which owns most of the IKEA stores, has bought a 25% stake in an offshore wind farm in Germany. It has paid more than €200 million (£174m) for the stake in Veja Mate, which consist of…
Apply to Become a Swedish Institute Innovation Leader in the Western Balkans!
The aim of SI Innovation Leaders (SIIL) is to contribute to the innovation ecosystem in the western Balkan region. The goal is to create a platform for knowledge exchange and problem solving between innovation field experts within private sector, public…
Banning Single-Use Plastics ‘Could Lead to Higher Carbon Emissions’
Banning single-use plastics could lead to higher carbon emissions. That’s according to a new report published by BP, which says a worldwide ban on the use of plastics for packaging and other single-use purposes from 2040 onwards would lead to…
Sharp Rise in Methane Levels Threatens World Climate Targets
Dramatic rises in atmospheric methane are threatening to derail plans to hold global temperature rises to 2C, scientists have warned. In a paper published this month by the American Geophysical Union, researchers say sharp rises in levels of methane –…